![]() ![]() “There were a lot of spectators on the road, we were standing for a long time,” he said. > Chris Froome runs up Mont Ventoux: Twitter, Lance Armstrong, Geraint Thomas…er, and Chris Froome reactĪfter the stage, Jumbo-Visma director Arthur van Dongen described the mountain standstill as a “terrible situation”. I know it was trying to get out of the way, but it just made matters worse.” “The yellow jersey is being stopped by the red car! Everyone’s stuck – the red car should not have tried to pass here. The car is now stuck… The moto cannot get traction. Oh my God, this is like Ventoux all over again. Referencing Chris Froome’s infamous crash into the back of a motorbike on Mont Ventoux at the 2016 Tour, Vande Velde said: “Oh no, motos are going down now ahead of us. Insane scenes as gets stuck with Jonas Vingegaard behind a blockade of vehicles struggling to get through the fans on Col de la Loze! /wZEoSP0Pil The carnage on the Col de la Loze was captured in all its chaotic glory by NBC’s motorbike-riding pundit, former American pro Christian Vande Velde, whose own parked bike only added to the obstacle course feel of yesterday’s final climb. Other riders, such as Thibaut Pinot, also had to momentarily stop behind the commissaire’s vehicle before the road finally cleared. stopped on Loze by moto carnage □ #TourdeFrance However, after that group had managed to carefully pick their way through the chaos, Voeckler’s moto then blocked the path of the race commissaire’s red car – travelling in front of the yellow jersey group – which forced race leader Vingegaard and Jumbo-Visma teammate Wilco Kelderman to briefly unclip (with the Dane reacting angrily, understandably, to a fan pushing him as he made his way past the car). The ensuing chaos saw a number of riders who were trailing the leading duo of Felix Gall and Simon Yates, such as Pello Bilbao, David Gaudu, and Chris Harper, squeeze between the stalled motorbike, the race’s other traffic, and the swarming fans at the roadside. French favourite and professional gurner Tommy back in his pre-motorbike riding/TV punditry days ![]()
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